Comments on: 10 Astounding Rare Book Covers

By: george

george — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:59:11 +0000

Hi Beth,

Thanks for coming around! It was fun to research these and I had a great time looking around over at AbeBooks. I’m hoping folks have been clicking on the link in the post to head over and see the post!

Cheers

George

By: george

george — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:57:27 +0000

Monica,

I’ve never had the chance to visit a national library like that. I can only imagine how exciting!

George

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:54:36 +0000

Glad to hear you enjoyed the books – the ones from AbeBooks came from a feature we did on Unusual Bindings. The whole feature can be seen here:

http://www.abebooks.com/books/unusual-bindings.shtml

By: Monica Shaw

Monica Shaw — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:14:53 +0000

These books are gorgeous! This post reminds me of one of my favorite places: The British Library. They have some amazingly beautiful books in their museum, from original Shakespeare manuscripts to The Canterbury Tales. But my favorite bit is the King’s Library, a four-storey glass tower in the middle of the building containing 65,000+ printed volumes collected by King George III between 1763 and 1820. It’s amazing – a work of art unto itself.
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By: george

george — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:52:07 +0000

Hi Michael.

Thanks, and while it took a while, it was kind of fun doing the research. I’m so envious of your finds. I just love books so much, I would be proud to have any of the versions you describe.

I appreciate your correction on the title as well, and I’ll fix that today. Headed over to your link right now.

Cheers!

George